[python-win32] Re: 'NoneType' object is not callable

[apocalypznow]

Should I be using ATL to build my automation server then, because it is 
cleaner?


>>This is very puzzling... I've been through the VC++
>>automation wizard at
>>least 3 times, each time I am sure it is executing as a method (for
>>example, I put in an AfxMessageBox() that executes in the body of the
>>method).  A VB client likewise has no problem with it.  Can
>>you give me
>>some clue as to what might be happening?
> 
> 
> The problem will most likely be in the MFC "Invoke" implementation.  You
> should be able to set a breakpoint in Invoke, and see that Python is calling
> it with just INVOKE_PROPERTYGET - not INVOKE_FUNC.  I suspect the MFC code
> is not differentiating between being called with PROPERTYGET or FUNC -
> Python needs it to fail.
> 
> 
>>>>I always get this error when calling a function on the automation
>>>>server: 'NoneType' object is not callable
>>>>Then the python program stops executing.  In the code below,
>>>>mfcserver.SendMessage1() gives the error, and the print
>>>>"Finished" line
>>>>never executes.
>>>
>>>
>>>Your COM server is reponding to a request for a *property* named
>>>"SendMessage1", and returning None.  Python it then
>>
>>attempting to call it.
>>
>>>You should raise DIS_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND when it is requested
>>
>>as a property.
> 
> 
> Mark